"Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be able to greenwash their products and feel good."

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Source : Kevin McCloud (2010). “Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century”, p.2, HarperCollins UK

Kevin McCloud

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“In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.”
“The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning.”
“My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.”
“I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also, like, incredibly chic and expensive-looking.”
“Even the best fall down sometimes.”

Source : Song: Collide, Album: Stop All The World Now, 2003
“In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation.”
“the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much more than simply dead: I am a dish for your ashes, I am a fist for your vanished air. the most terrible thing about life is finding it gone.”
“Agisci come se quel che fai, facesse la differenza. La fa!”

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